Some techno fun

Apr 17, 2005 1 Replies

Spotted a new publication at Barnes and Noble yesterday, this is a new publication called "Make: technology on your time" published quarterly by O'Reilly. I'm especially intrigued by the simple magnet accelerator that uses steel balls, some magnets and a ruler. There are some nods to the live steam folks, aerial photography using a kite, build your own credit card magnetic stripe reader, a dirt-simple steady cam for a video camera, all sorts of interesting things that lean to electronics, but touch on the stuff of this newsgroup as well. It looks pretty clever though I may be going overboard a bit. I tend to get enthusiastic when seeing the rare new publication that appeals to my brain instead of jerking around different aspects my mammalian desire to reproduce immediately. You can get a look at it (the new publication, not me) at

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I'm not connected with them, have no commerical interests in them, don't use the same accounting firm, and don't even use the same toothbrush.



Gunner, have you seen the new Tab book "Electronics Gadgets for the Evil Genius?"



Charles Morrill



--Just got my second issue; better than the first, too. Interesting mix of projects; might have to try a few! :-)

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